SHALLOT

shallot

(noun) small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning

shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum

(noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

shallot

(noun) aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shallot (plural shallots)

A vegetable in the onion family.

Allium ascalonium.

Allium oschaninii.

Any small onion.

(New Orleans) A scallion

Source: Wiktionary


Shal*lot", n. Etym: [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)

Definition: A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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